| If you put him in a cart he would die before he had gone a verst. |
| I looked back for the last time when we were half a verst along the road. |
| He told me that if I would let him ride one verst more with me he would then turn back. |
| Had we been only half a verst further on our road, our journey had been at an end. |
| They drove about a verst, without saying one word to each other. |
| In a few minutes they were not more than half a verst from the river. |
